Sure enough, knocking it back to its original form and leaving it as a decoration saved him more trouble.
Only after giving the Golden Toad a thorough beating did Zhang Mingzhen resume leveling for the day.
This time, he intended to break through level ninety, then seek opportunities in the unexplored regions on the outskirts of God's Domain.
Whether unfamiliar monsters or obscure quest clues-perhaps drawn by that strange "fifty-fifty" luck, he kept feeling that this expedition would bring him face-to-face with something extraordinary.
With the Wildsea Candle Dragon undergoing its transformation, he would have to rely entirely on himself and the Flower Spirit to clear monsters in the Red Leaf Forest today.
He summoned the Flower Spirit as well and tried attacking the trunks of the ancient crimson trees in the forest, hoping to see whether they yielded extra experience.
Unfortunately, aside from a meager increase in experience, he gained nothing else. The returns were not worth the effort, so he continued focusing on cutting down the red leaves whirling through the air.
Once he had accumulated enough experience, the system notification arrived right on schedule, announcing that he had officially reached level ninety.
A world announcement followed.
System notification: "Congratulations to player Chongxing on breaking through to the Body Tempering realm."
Body Tempering?
So reaching level ninety was what truly brought someone into this world's actual cultivation system.
Everything before that had merely been game levels.
Did that mean level one hundred would mark the completion of Body Tempering?
Or were there higher stages?
World announcement: "Congratulations to player Chongxing on being the first to reach level ninety. The Demon-Suppressing Secret Pagoda is now available." "Players at level ninety and above may obtain extraordinary opportunities by slaying the monsters within the pagoda."
"Holy